Court rejects death penalty for raping children (AP)

Supreme Court bans death penalty for child rape (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court declared Wednesday that executions are too severe a punishment for raping children, despite the "years of long anguish" for...

Court rejects death penalty for raping children (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law that allows the execution of people convicted of a raping a child.

Executions to resume after high court OK's lethal injections...
AP - U.S. executions are all but sure to resume soon after a nationwide halt, cleared Wednesday by a splintered Supreme Court that approved the most...

Supreme Court upholds Kentucky's use of lethal injections (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court upheld Kentucky's use of lethal injection executions Wednesday, likely clearing the way to resume executions that have been on...

Court meeting to weigh death penalty for child rapists (AP)
AP - The Supreme Court is considering whether someone may be executed for raping a child, a case that balances concerns about the death penalty with...